What name to call thee by, O virgin fair, I know not, for thy looks are not of earth And more than mortal seems thy countenances.
PETRARCHAnd men go about to wonder at the heights of the mountains, and the mighty waves of the sea, and the wide sweep of rivers, and the circuit of the ocean, and the revolution of the stars, but themselves they consider not.
More Petrarch Quotes
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The aged love what is practical while impetuous youth longs only for what is dazzling.
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Five enemies of peace inhabit with us – avarice, ambition, envy, anger, and pride; if these were to be banished, we should infallibly enjoy perpetual peace.
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How fortune brings to earth the over-sure!
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Man has not a greater enemy than himself.
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Who over-refines his argument brings himself to grief
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My flowery and green age was passing away, and I feeling a chill in the fires had been wasting my heart, for I was drawing near the hillside above the grave.
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A short cut to riches is to subtract from our desires.
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Man has no greater enemy than himself. I have acted contrary to my sentiments and inclination; throughout our whole lives we do what we never intended, and what we proposed to do, we leave undone.
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Who over-refines his argument brings himself to grief.
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A good death does honour to a whole life.
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Hitherto your eyes have been darkened and you have looked too much, yes, far too much, upon the things of earth. If these so much delight you what shall be your rapture when you lift your gaze to things eternal!
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Who naught suspects is easily deceived.
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Love is the crowning grace of humanity.
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Continued work and application form my soul’s nourishment. So soon as I commenced to rest and relax I should cease to live.
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Suspicion is the cancer of friendship.
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